Show HN: Thanos-CLI – a Python tool that deletes half your files

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2 points stranger-ss | 5 comments | 20 Nov 25 06:30 UTC | HN request time: 0.633s | source

Hi HN,

I built a small command-line tool inspired by Thanos’s snap. It selects randomly exactly half the files in a directory and (optionally) deletes them.

Repo: https://github.com/soldatov-ss/thanos

PyPI: https://pypi.org/project/thanos-cli/

It’s intentionally simple — feedback is welcome.

1. d3Xt3r ◴[20 Nov 25 07:09 UTC] No.45989818[source]▶
> exactly half the files in a directory

What if there are an odd number of files, does it delete half a file then?

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2. ggm ◴[20 Nov 25 07:15 UTC] No.45989852[source]▶
Which of . And .. does it delete?
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3. stranger-ss ◴[20 Nov 25 07:21 UTC] No.45989880[source]▶
If the number of files is odd, Thanos keeps things simple - no fractional file slicing yet

Example:

11 files -> deletes 5, keeps 6 (because 11 // 2 = 5)

1 file -> deletes 0, keeps 1

4. stranger-ss ◴[20 Nov 25 07:23 UTC] No.45989888[source]▶
Thanos deletes files of the directory you’re currently standing in